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What is the type of crime committed by Mark Jayson's neighbor?
What is the term for a crime that consists of one act resulting in two or more felonies?
Who is the proponent of the theory that individuals weigh the potential pleasure against the potential pain before committing a crime?
What is the term for a prison designed to be a cylindrical structure made of glass and iron?
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What is the term for the study of crimes, criminals, and victims, including the prevention and solution of crimes?
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What is the term for a crime that is committed only during a certain period of the year?
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What is the term for the principle that individuals choose pleasure and avoid pain?
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What is the term for the principle that the greatest happiness of the greatest number is the goal of human action?
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What is the scope of Criminology?
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What is the study of the nature and administration of criminal law?
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What is the study of crime related to the environment?
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What is the nature of Criminology as a social science?
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What is the study of crime and human behavior?
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What is the term for the study of crime and the human mind?
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What is Somatotype in Criminal Physical Anthropology?
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Study Notes
Introduction to Criminology
- Criminology is the scientific study of crime, criminals, and victims, and it also deals with the prevention and solution of crimes.
- It includes the process of making laws, breaking of laws, and society's reaction towards the breaking of laws.
Types of Crimes
- Simple crime: one act resulting in one crime
- Complex crime: one act resulting in two or more felonies
- Compound: one act resulting in two or more felonies
- Complex crime proper: one act is necessary to commit the other
- Special complex crime: two crimes with a single penalty
- Instant crime: committed in the shortest possible time
- Episodic crime: committed by a series of acts in a lengthy space of time
- Situational crime: committed only when the situation is conducive to its commission
- Seasonal crime: committed only during a certain period of the year
Jeremy Bentham
- Proponent of the Felicific Calculus theory
- Principles:
- Hedonism: people choose pleasure and avoid pain
- Utilitarianism: greatest happiness principle
- Panopticon: a cylindrical prison design for maximum surveillance and control
Criminology Divisions
- Criminal etiology: the study of the causes and origins of crime
- Sociology of laws: the study of the nature and administration of criminal law
- Penology: the study of penal science and rehabilitation
- Victimology: the study of victimization and its causes
Nature of Criminology
- Social science: crime is a social creation and exists in a society as a social phenomenon
- Applied science: borrowed knowledge from other sciences
- Dynamic: adapting to changes in society and crime
Related Sciences in Criminology
- Criminal demography: the study of crime related to population or number of inhabitants
- Criminal ecology: the study of crime related to space or spatial distribution
- Criminal epidemiology: the study of the relationship between crime and environment
- Criminal physical anthropology: the study of the relationship between crime and physical appearance
- Prenology: the study of behavior and shape of skull
- Physiognomy: the study of behavior and facial features
- Somatotype: the study of body type and crime
- Ectomorph: thin; usually commits theft
- Endomorph: fat; commits estafa/fraud
- Mesomorph: muscular; commits violence; highest chance to become a criminal
- Atavism: the presence of "ape-like" traits; at least five
- Criminal psychology: the study of crime and human behavior; crime and personality
- Criminal psychiatry: the study of crime and human mind; emotional and mental state
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Test your knowledge of criminology with this quiz, covering topics such as types of crimes and their characteristics. Identify the correct crime type based on scenario descriptions and more.
